Fuel for kinetic engines and method of making same.



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FUEL FOB KINETIC ENGINES AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV BLIEBERGER,

a citizen of the Empire of Austria-Hungary,

and a resident of New York, inthe county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fuel for Kinetic Engines and Methods of Making the Same, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention has reference to a novel composition forming an explosive fuel for kinetic engines and the method of producing the same. v y

The heat engines or internal combustion engines are at present usually driven by a mixture of hydrocarbon vapor and air. The hydrocarbon vapor is produced from light hydrocarbon such as gasolene, which constitutes a rather volatile liquid product derived from the distillation of crude oil or petroleum. Its specific gravity is 0.629 to 0.667 3 representing 95 to 80 B. The percentage of this fraction of distillation of petroleum is relatively small and, therefore, gasolene rather expensive. Accordingly, the running of an internal combustion or heat engine for a considerable length of time and for rather high H. P. is very costly. While the technical construction of internal combustion engines for automobiles has reached a. nearly perfect condition and little saving remains to be effected, a great saving may be accomplished by the use of cheap grades of oil in place of the expensive gasolene.

It is the special object of the present invention to utilize kerosene and relatively heavy oils of the crude oil distillation for the purpose of producing fuel for heat engines. These rather heavy oils do not volatilize and form vapors as easily as gasolene, but on. account of their cheapness are very desirable as fuel for internal combustion engines from the economical standpoint of View. I have succeeded in modifying kerosene and relatively heavy grades of the crude oil distillation so that they may be used as fuel in internal combustion engines with the same case and efficiency as the commercial Considering that these higher grades of the crude oil distillation are richer in carbon than gasolene they are, in a certain Specification of Letters Patent.

sired properties thereto.

Patented Uct. 26, T915.

Application filed May 8, 1914. Serial No. 837,294..

- sense, more desirable and more elfective.

The heat of combustion produced by the successive compression and ignition of the hydrocarbon component and air is the effective agent in running an internal combustion engine, and the kinetic energy of the expanding gases evidently is greater the more carbon is contained per molecule in the combustible component of theexplosive mixture.

In order to render kerosene and higher grades of the crude oil distillation adaptable as the carbonaceous component for explosive fuel mixtures, the same are treated and mixed with a composition imparting the de- Gasolene boils at about 60 to 80 C. and kerosene at from 150 to 300 C. The composition referred to is mixed with the kerosene or, if desirable, may be mixed with products boiling below the kerosene and above the gasolene and used with the same technical appliances and in the same manner as gasolene.

The composition employed for treating the kerosene, for instance, is prepared from methylic alcohol CILOH, acetone CH COCH lead carbonate PbCO and a resinous acid, for instance, sylvic acid C H O which usually is derived from colophony. These components are employed in substantially the following proportions:

.methylic alcohol, 100 parts by volume; acedistillate of the composition just described is mixed with the kerosene preferably in about the proportions of 3% of the distillate to of kerosene by volume. sulting mixture is thoroughly agitated and allowed to settle. There is from 1% to 15% of insoluble residue which is separated from the composition. Now the product is ready The re-.

for use if it contained the small percentage of gasolene hereinbefore referred to. If

free from gasolene the product is re'-co'm--,

bined with the gasolene fraction obtained from 100 volumes of kerosene or crugle oil and this mixture agitated and and allowed to rest for a few hours. A slight sediment is collecting at the bottom and when this has been separated the product is ready for use. The white kerosene of commerce is preferably used for this explosive fuel because it gives the best results and is almost as cheap as the usual kerosene. For specific purposes the percentage of this composition which is added to the kerosene may be increased. A higher percentage of the composition in the explosive fuel reduces the aggregate boiling point of the same and increases its power when ignited in the explosion zone of the cylinder. When the preferred proportions are used it is found that carbonization within the cylinder is practically avoided which always occurs when attempts are made to use kerosene alone.

The lead carbonate and the sylvic acid employed in the preparation of the composition appear to act as catalytic agents or contact substances to a certain extent. The lead base is found in the residue. It evidently forms a resinate with the sylvic acid which undergoes destructive distillation, recombines with sylvic acid and so forth. At the end of the process a dense resinous resi due is left. This contact action taking place in the presence of the liquid components of the composition during distillation appears to be the cause for obtaining the specific final product.

I claim as my invention:

1. The process of producing fuel for kinetic engines consisting in mixing methylic alcohol, acetone, lead carbonate and a resinous acid, distilling the mixture, collecting the distillate, mixing a small quantity of .the distillate with relatively high grade products of crude oil distillation, agitating the mixture and finally separating the insoluble sediment therefrom.

2. The process of producing fuel-for kinetic engines consisting in mixing-methylic alcohol, acetone, lead carbonate and a resinous acid, distilling the mixture, collecting the distillate up to. about 110 0., mixing a small quantity of the distillate with relatively high grade products of crude oil dis tillation, agitating the mixture and finally separating the insoluble sediment there-' from. I

3. The process of producing fuel for kinetic engines consisting in mixing methylic alcohol, acetone, lead carbonate and a resinous acid, distilling the mixture, collecting the distillate up to about 100 C., mixing a small quantity of the distillate with relagasolene, agitating the mixture and allowing it to settle, and finally separating the insoluble sediment therefrom.

5. The process of producing fuel for kinetic engines consisting in mixing methylic alcohol, acetone, lead-carbonate and a resinous acid, distilling the mixture, collecting the distillate up to about 110 C., mixing a small quantity of the distillate with kerosene and some gasolene, agitating the mixture and allowing it to settle, and finally separating the insoluble I sediment therefrom.

6. The process of producing fuel for kinetic engines consisting in mixing methylic alcohol, acetone, lead carbonate and sylvic acid, distilling the mixture, collecting, the distillate up to about 110 (1., mixing about 3 parts by volume of the distillate with about 100 parts by volume of white kerosene and some gasolene, agitating the mixture and allowing it to settle, and finally separating the insoluble sediment therefrom.

7. The process of producing fuel for internal combustion engines consisting in mixing about 100 parts by volume of methylic alcohol with about 5' parts by volume of acetone, adding about 5 parts by weight of lead carbonate and about 15 parts by weight of sylvic acid, distilling the mixture, collecting the distillate passing over up to about 110 G., mixing about 3% of the dis tillate with about 100 parts by volume of white kerosene and about 71} parts by volume of gasolene, agitating the mixture and allowing it to settle, and finally separating the insoluble sediment therefrom.

8. As a new'product a fuel for kinetic engines composed essentially of the products of the crude oil distillation passing over between 150 to 300 C. and some products of the same boiling below 150 C. and a small quantity of a composition derived from methylic alcohol, acetone, lead carbonate and sylvic acid.

9. As a new product a fuel for internal combustion engines composed substantially of white kerosene, some gasolene, and asmall quantity of a composition derived from methylic alcohol, some acetone, some lead carbonate and some sylvic acid.

10. As a novel composition for use in ex- Signed at New York, N. Y., this 22nd. plosive fuel for internal combustion engines day of April, 1914.

a liquid preparation distilling up to 110 C. GUSTAV BLIEBERGER. and derived from methylic alcohol, and Witnesses: 5 some acetone in presence of some had car- B. W. YATES,

bonate and sylvic acid. D. B. BERGHEIMER. 

